failing asylum seekers
New research shows the the growing inequalities in healthcare in the UK that the NHS is unable to tackle.
The 16 January 2006 saw the launch of Project London, a new health care project in the east end of London. Project London is organised by Mdecins du Monde (UK), a charity that organises health care across the world but is increasingly becoming involved in projects in western Europe.
Laptop Battery The project in Londons East End is to provide primary healthcare to refugees, other migrants, the homeless and female sex workers. Volunteers from the NHS and other agencies will provide healthcare, advice and advocacy to access other services such as counselling and dental care.
Patrick, an asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo, stated to LIRS, "I have been in custody of the INS for more than two years now without committing any crime. I am depressed and frustrated, after times I kept asking myself why is America treating asylum seekers like criminals. Even criminals have more rights than asylum seekers who faced persecution in their homeland.If seeking asylum is a crime they should let the world know."
Thinkpad The research undertaken by M dicins du Monde clearly recognises the growing inequalities in healthcare in the UK that the NHS is unable to tackle. In Tower Hamlets 75% of children live in families with low incomes. There is also a shortage of GPs with over 65 per cent of general practices have stopped taking new patients. Although asylum seekers have a right to primary health care, a GP is not under any obligation to register them. Since April 2004 only migrants who are legally resident in the UK can have access to hospitals (secondary care). The only exceptions are for those with serious mental health problems, needing emergency treatment or having a infectious disease. Restrictions of this kind have caused suffering to women seeking maternity care and those with HIV/AIDS.
According to the indictment, Jones would steal various IBM and Penguin computer servers from Verisign's warehouse in Virginia and sell them to Johnson. Johnson would then sell the servers to several individuals, who would sometimes place them for sale on eBay. As a result of this scheme, the indictment alleges that Jones and Johnson caused Verisign to lose more than $120, 000 worth of computer equipment. In the indictment, Jones and Johnson are charged in three counts with causing the interstate transportation of stolen property, namely IBM 330 and 335 servers, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
Microsoft In August 2004 the government announce that it was considering further restrictions to healthcare for asylum seekers. Under these proposals failed asylum seekers and migrants who stayed beyond their visas will have no right to register with a GP. A recent editorial in the BMJ (14 January 2006) stated:denying free basic healthcare to the most vulnerable groups in society, who are legally prevented from working and unable to pay charges, is ethically unsupportable and a breach of human rights.
More than anything else, it is war that creates asylum seekers. By campaigning against war, we should necessarily be campaigning for the defence of asylum seekers. war protesters to carry 'Stop the War on Asylum Seekers' placards and wear our badges. war activists to sign our open letter to the press condemning the racist hysteria and to help us raise the io, plus to pay for it. Copies of the statement can be downloaded from www.defendasylum.org
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